Jan 28, 2009
I care and I think you do too.
Hello there. Many, many thanks for you support and showing that you care. It is fantastic to see that so many of you did (if your picture isn’t up here yet, don’t worry it will be – we’re running a little behind). It was important to show that, in this the first step, she was not alone and that there are people out there who care and are prepared to listen. The woman that we want to help will hopefully be writing something here soon, but as you can imagine has greater concerns that writing a blog post. But, we can tell you this much; she was incredibly moved by you all. You all gave her the strength to start sorting things out for herself. You have given her back the ability to trust other people. She’s thankfully getting help, but if she needs anymore then we will get in touch we you guys and let you know.
Again, many thanks. Many thanks for all of your offers of help (financial or otherwise). We’ve passed them all on. You’ve been brilliant. Thank you for caring.
Hello. As I mentioned yesterday, Breitenbach asked me to think about something. Actually, it was someone; someone that I have never met before. It is a single mother who is suffering from cancer and struggling to bring up her two children. The woman in question lives in central Germany.
The authorities won’t help her. Her neighbours won’t help her. The father of the children is seemingly unable to help her. She feels completely alone. In the “compassion” post I asked Breitenbach to get in touch with her and let her know we want to help and a dialog has started between us. It’s heart breaking. She feels so completely alone; that no one really gives a damn and that she simply doesn’t have the strength to carry on. She feels that no one cares.
Well, I care. And I think you probably do too.
Day, after day we see posts, articles and tweets about the power of this Internet thingy we all use; this so called social media. Mostly (nearly always) it’s all a bunch of navel gazing rubbish that is of very little use to anyone. Well, I’m asking you to change that. I’m going to ask you to change that for one single person who feels that no one cares.
I’m not going to ask you to donate money. I’m simply going to ask you to give a damn. I’m going to ask you to stop for one minute and think about how you would feel in this woman’s position. I’m going to ask you to stop worrying about the economy, your RSS feeds and how many people follow you on twitter or facebook and give a damn. I believe you can. I just want you to show this woman that you care.
You can either upload a picture of yourself to flickr or your blog and let her know you care:
Or you can make a little video, telling her who you are and where you live and tell her that you care:
I care from Marcus Brown on Vimeo.
It’s such a simple thing. It takes no time at all. But believe me, in this - our first step in helping this woman, it means everything. It really does mean everything to her to know that she’s not alone and that people really do care about her and her children.
If you do this for her, please either drop a note in the comments or send me a mail at marcus@breitenbachundbrown.com (not .de I keep getting that wrong) and let us know where we can find it and we’ll pop your video or photo into this post.
Please, please get involved and help. Please give a damn. Please let her know you care.
(Patrick can you translate to German please?)
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Facu cares. And he lives in Argentina.
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Michael cares. He is in the UK right now.
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Georg cares. He is in Canada right now.
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Nils cares. He is from Germany.
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Sachar and his girlfriend Tanja cares. They are from Berlin, Germany.
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The Shiek from Hungary cares.
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Ghostdog from Berlin, Germany cares.
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carolyn.anna totally cares. She is from Australia.
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Aleksandar cares. He is from Germany.
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Neil cares. He lives in London.
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Björn cares. He is from Germany.
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Eaon cares. He lives in London.
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Jon cares. He is from the UK.
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Flo and his son care. Flo is from Germany.
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Stan cares. He is from Australia.
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Sebastian cares. He is from Germany.
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Lauren cares. She’s currently living in UK.
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Chriwi cares. He is from Germany.
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Rob cares. He’s currently living in Hong Kong.
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Steve cares. He’s currently living in Germany.
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Sam cares. She’s currently living in UK.
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Faris cares. He’s currently living in the USA.
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Fee and Chris care. They are currently living in Scotland.
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Sam cares and he lives in the UK.
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Christoph cares and he lives in Hungary.
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Nico cares and he lives in Germany.
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Thomas cares and he lives in Germany.
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Age cares he lives in Australia.
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Angus cares he lives in Australia.
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Douglas and Douglas care and they live in the UK.
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Ellie Cares and she live in New York.
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Beautfuldisastr cares too.
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Kris cares and he lives in Belgium
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Benjamin cares. He lives in Germany.
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Naomi and Dave care. They live in the UK.
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Kevin cares. He lives in Belgium.
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Stefan cares. He lives in Austria.
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Luc Cares
Luc cares and he lives in Belgium.
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Charlie Cares and he lives in the UK.
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Anna cares and she lives in Poland
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Gus, Penny, Sam and Rowan care and they live in the UK
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Roop cares and he lives in Paris.
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Paul cares and he lives in the US.
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Peter cares. He lives in Hungary.
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Conrad cares. He lives in the US.
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Seb cares. He lives in Germany.
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Drew cares and he lives in the US.
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Jamie cares and she lives in the UK.
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Seth cares. He lives in the US.
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Craig and Eva care. They live in the UK.
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Rob cares. He lives in the UK.
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Kendra cares. She lives in the US.
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Ian cares. He lives in the US.
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Liz cares. She lives in the US.
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Stephan cares. He lives in Germany.
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Tim cares. He lives in Germany.
On my FB status, share link, and blog soon.
Showing you care via social media? Not so hard. Showing you can do something about it? Harder but possible.
Elana Rosen from Just Think.org sent me this link Diary of A Single Mom which is compelling as well. I’ll be posting about both soon on Shaping Youth.
http://www.pic.tv/singlemom Why? Because…I care.
Amy, many thanks. Many many thanks.
http://alwaystrytogowithsomethingelse.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-care.html
i´m with you. we´re with you. because i care!
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I care - but no access to a camera right now… Sad thing, very sad. Keep fighting!
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I Care!
http://twitpic.com/18emw
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/28250248@N03/3235058535/
I care and so do my twin daughters @ sejk.net
http://alvosejk.tumblr.com/post/73983189/show-your-care-for-someone-in-need-of-care
Many many thanks to all of you. Keep them coming in.
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I care too - http://twitpic.com/18n30
I CARE! I’m an executive coach in the media industry. AND, because I care about Single Parenting and it’s challenges (and huge opportunities for positive change too!), I set up a website to support and empower single mums.
Marcus Brown … looks like you had this first innovative thought (and you Breitenbach) - LOVE that you did! If you share my website info with the amazing mother we’re all caring about … I’ll do my utmost to ensure she’s supported.
To all of you who’re sending out those great thoughts,
Keep caring!!
Stay amazing,
Jennifer
I care. Hope she gets the help she needs soon.
http://img.skitch.com/20090129-k8kn5bspdub3gcxit55ic77sbn.jpg
Sam Randall,
Devon, UK.
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Actually I’d like to amend my ‘I care’ … because even though I do,m I’d like to say “I’d listen” as well.
That will happen too Rob. Very soon.
I care.
http://twitpic.com/18ov4
http://anguswhines.typepad.com/angus_whines/2009/01/care.html
http://twitpic.com/18zh5
I Care!
Even if you feel alone
(and we all feel that way sometime)
take comfort in that
we are feeling alone TOGETHER!
This is pretty awesome
We care
http://realmenwritelongcopy.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-care.html
Thanks Marcus
Naomi and Dave, London
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Alles Gute!
Anna, Hamburg
We care! -Tish and the girls
We care in Massachusetts!
-Tish and the girls
we care. ralph and lene from würzburg, germany.
http://twitpic.com/19bqh
i care too
http://beneipeter.com/post/74426222/i-care-because-you-do#disqus_thread
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i do
http://www.woweewow.com/?p=262
http://flickr.com/photos/elgaffney/3247276905/
We do too.
http://superciliouscamel.blogspot.com/2009/02/woman-in-germany.htmlhttp://superciliouscamel.blogspot.com/2009/02/woman-in-germany.html
Ah, sorry, Craig and Eva are on London. You can tell by the once-in-a-lifetime snow.
http://the-ad-pit.blogspot.com/2009/02/i-hope-that-we-all-do.html
Hi,I’m from Malta and I would like to say that I care, my whole family cares and you are in our prayers, never lose hope.
Video response! Thank you for this. What a wonderful project for a very strong woman and her family- yes, we do care about her! I had a great time making the video for her as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31_OcCi5kW0
You are a great role model,
Kendra Kellogg @eadvocate
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i care,know you are not alone~StayBlessed~
I care…
think this project should continue
keep growing
as care(ing)is not a phase
there’s always someone out there…or rather close
at hand
that needs to know
“i care”
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